Durga Puja in West Bengal is more than a religious and cultural celebration. It is also a stage for political visibility, with the state's changed power equations reflected in the Trinamool Congress (TMC) leadership's conspicuous absence from the pandal circuit and the BJP using the festivities to showcase its political dominance. For a decade-and-a-half, scenes of then chief minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurating one pandal after another were a prominent part of Kolkata's pre-puja buzz.This year...
